annoying low space message windows.

utajoker · 13 Nov 2009 at 19:39

got some hdds just as storage and there full with only a few mb free space but every 10 mins or how ever long it is i get the little pop up message you "F: is full to make space blah blah"

is there any way to stop this message?

danb21t · 13 Nov 2009 at 19:42

clear some space??

ill get my coat.....

DragonQ · 13 Nov 2009 at 19:51

Yeah you can disable those messages, just Google it.

ETNiES · 13 Nov 2009 at 20:13

as stupid as it sounds, just make a small bit of space on each one.

deusexlumina · 13 Nov 2009 at 20:34

the messages are there for a reason, windows needs a certain amount of space on each disk for page filing and to aid in large file transfers/defragmentation. if you clear some space you'll notice a performance increase as the os will be able to do its job properly.

fastwunz · 13 Nov 2009 at 20:35

yeh just defrag each hd - also run disk cleanup

DireEmblem · 13 Nov 2009 at 23:23

Turn of the recycle bin on the drive.

Sin_Chase · 13 Nov 2009 at 23:35

Mis-information overloooooooad.

Yes you can turn them off.

No you do not need free space on drives for a pagefile if it is configured on another drive. You will not easily run a defrag on a drive with no free space, it also will not clear free space.

Some Site I Googled said:
[Start] [Run] [Regedit]
Registry Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
Data Type: REG_DWORD [Dword Value] // Value Name: NoLowDiskSpaceChecks
Modify/Create the Value Name [NoLowDiskSpaceChecks] according to the Value Data listed above.
Value Data: [0 = NoLowDiskSpaceChecks Disabled / 1 = NoLowDiskSpaceChecks Enabled]
Exit Registry and Reboot

utajoker · 14 Nov 2009 at 11:04

cant clear space because all my hdds are full, need a new one.
theres no OS on them as they are just storage.

ty sin chase althought i thought it would just be a tick box somewere